Time-controlling mechanism.



A. W. BAILEY. TIME CONTROLLING MECHANISM. APPLICATION nun M349, 1909.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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TIME CONTROLLING MECHAKISM.

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948,718. Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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ALBERT WHIION BAILEY. Of SPOKANE. \VASHINGTON.

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Appiieaiicn filed February 1'3. 1909. Serial No. 475.914.

A i .lfliiii' W I i H'U X :1 citizr-n ut Unitvtt States. :vat fipuiianu. in the mainly at hpukamand i: in Warning have iinentmi a new and nsot'ni 'I'imutjoniroiiing Mm 1.113 inveniini: a time Quail-oiling nnv'naria fur wi-taaiii a '.'ai\t-. amt iti-1 inm. .L t primarity i, shutting (iii a thw: of t water after it has run fur a prmlc'lermiimi i f mi.

uni-:5 wherv, h rcasnn of a iin. i \rppiy of water. or nthvrwise. its nsv Iv-r nl' g jawzis. 4a., is permiv iiiha ant a zurtain length of time, it is cheirahi 0 provide for n automatic shnt-oii (if the vairr atv the expiration of the ime aiiowmi. 3 fihti it Ltie object of the present. invention in prm'ide simple and EiiiL'iL'lli means for ac.- cmnpiishing this.

The invention is also useful where water "a are tirlui in order ta) prevent a w: to L and its structure uch that it t. be empinycdwharm'er a time uuntruihed valve animating lil\"iitlliitbilt iiil'w" The iifl'nitiiuti has fur its objoci i0 pruVi-iv :nuans winzi'vhy tin: invciianism may 2 11,-! iitioifihb {ni'iutis 0i iiiuu. Kilt "int. h'icai COIUiii-iHIF. .r lfliwi. iii it ntinn is m pru- Lil. mi-rhanian of mu 1; ti stated which i 2}); in :irucfiare, and rPh-ahie in npera- 1 mz, and ahzo rh-vuiit I complicated par'b 10 3 at of ()l'tiill.

1th the 'Furrgning whit-ctr; in View. as wall as uthcrx whith wiii bu apparent whvn the nature of the inwntiun huitr-r tllziiil'fittmti. iiie same comists in a nm'ci (mmtrm'tim; amt :Uujiti. Of parts in in} ht-rvinattvr rim and ciainnut. I'QiLI'LH iQ being hut in the drawings ilt'ltio annexed in whiuh Figure l is an ehwaiiun of the mechanism. Fig. :3 is a fragmentary ulcvatinn showing the park in ai'mtiwr [)tH-itiUll. Fig. i\' an and new of the parts. shunn in Fi '2. Fig. i 4 i.-'- an vim-anion ui thv valve. amt thn parts ui' iizemechanism iinlnrrdiatviy asqn-iatmi tiwrowith. Fig. is a poz'spvuiivv (htnii. l i G s a transverse gqxtiun of the \ihing (ant: iasieinafter IUftilfli in. Fig. i ia a fragmentary plan vii-.w of said tank. Fig. 8 i.- an eievatiun of a modified form of mechanism.

in the drawings, 10 dcnutcs a base plate t swing, Thu. tank is nurnialiy tin.- islrliui 11?!) 15 by 1 spring at its vinh: in iiik' :lini tu Wi hin iih' htltii is a {-arizt' ii ititii tii tiu- -ziimintu t\\u (Mania mums. in his partiiiwn an Ui1 'l'ii. which i tahii hus (-mnmunit-atiun ilt'iwtttit tin; two t'iiliJili'liiittIltF. Tin; arva nL' 1hi opening is azuntruih'rli by a pirututi damper 19 having a scrivs ot' "Tiliitiiihti 01w me it. The damper i:-; pruvi ml with an tar rating stein 0r hair-11091 \'iiit'ii projects iiiruugh an opening in the will of iim tank to tin mit- FiiiL. tht-reui. Uni: of the igiof ahi uprnillfl is tuuthtai or L5il'ili'lti as indicated at :2 in Fig. T. and ihr hanii" "l adapted in engage SHiti twsth ui' atiuns ahvrr -y it i lm'ic i Hi i thitiamiai thvt'viiy itriai at tilijnstnn-nt. 1n the partitimi is aim m (puning' t'i'mn whiuh a ip: 2 print-01 i pip; itifwfluritzlbiifiiiiligi CU-ZHtliIIEliUilh il h-mwcra tin:

3 this strap i aim pitulcii. :H imiiratmi at 31!.

a ht'it-ci'anic h-wr 3;! in mu) at til arms i which is pirutni at 33". a ratrh 33". That is a hlg Z13 t'urinmt (m thc rah-h hirh m;- gagt-s the h-wl' aini surws a a 10 to limit the forward xwing ut' tiw catvh. Frum tiiv plate It) l)l() itl'i stniw 3t hvtwvvn which thn uthcr arm 01' Hit hvH-urank i .Yli is azlu itv-t tn ring. ()1! tinvahiu If is lipghiiy ta i li 'ti a imttun Iii) vngag ahh h ihv (Illi'ii 32L whrrt-hy ai i rahhis hwtn-ci amt IIYi'YtHiP'i from living miwmnni t'ruin liK' pnihy it h the weight 2 uthurwisv surarml. a hunk 21 1 by Hi -Nth wt la-rt'oratinn t? to reeeire said shank. The

shank is provided with an eye 38 bv means. i

nt' uhieh the 'eonneetion with the cable is fastened to said pnlletzthe stem :64 is turned 7g made- To thebutton 35 are riveted or i in a direction to sliitl il the water. The. tootherwt e seoured the. two branches of a tation of the valve stem. through the puller yoke 39 provided with a central opening it! 25 and the cnnneetion t witltth plat i i. through whlrh the ("able passes. the yoke swings the latter on its pivot until one of the being located above the knot whereby the extensions la engag s the stop 46. When 5 a le and the hook are connected. By the the plate 13 swings as stated. the tank H is beretndeseribed -nnstru('tion the button 3 reversed and assumes the position shown in s seenrely fastened on the cable, and when Fig. whereupon the water flows bat-k into Xlis eng'a gei l by the eateh the cable will the original compartment throt the openoe seeureiy ioeneu amt prevented from nnmg 18 and also through the pipe i h the latg0 wmdtng by the weight 28, as already dei ter being provided in order that a quit-k scribed. transfer may be bad. If it is. now de ired hastened to the. tank l-l, and projecting to again use the water for a certain period therefrom is a stem 41 on the outer end of of time. it is turned on by the t'l'tlttli-llttltdlc whieh is mounted a roller 42. The stem is 4S. whieh. by reason of the e nza-etion of the 35 so loeated that the roller 42 may engage the pulley :25 with the disk 13 restores the latter hell-erank lever 32 which arries the catch to the position sh wn in F g. 1. whit-h also 33. When the roller is in engagement with restores the tank it to the position shown in the. let as stated, the latter is held against said lignre. The openingof the sill eoek the lower stop 3 and is thusprevented from winds the cable 2? on the pulley 2 and swinging on its pivot, and as the eateh is in npun engagement of the ran-h 2-31; with the engagementwith the. button 35, the cable j button 35. and the engagement of the roller 27 will be securely lneked, as already de- 22 with the bell erank l ver 32. the parts are scribed. in a position in repeat the operation hereto- ()t'er the pulley 2-" pass s a eable. 4-; i fore deseribed. The eateh is pivoted to the which is eonneeted at its (I'll-i to the plate bell-erank lever so that it may swing out of 13 at opposite ends thereof. In this eable the path of the button when the parts are is interposed a spring 4% for holding the reset as deseribwl. same taut. ()n plate 13 are projeetionsl5 In the ltlfltlllltilllflll shown in Figs. 8 and to \\'lllt'l] the cable -13 is eonneeted. From a single pulley 41) is seeured tn the stem the. plate ltl project stops it" and it between Z of the sill enek. To this pulley is seeured I whieh the plate 13 swings, its swingingtable it) in the same mann r as the eahie 2T, movement beinglimited by said stops. The and this table passes: over a guide-pulley 1, pulley i is tilted with a wank-handle l5. and earries at its. t'ree end a but-he! or other in u e. one of the ompartments of the suitable. reeeptaele 5;. the bu ket being eontank I I will reeeire a suitable. quantity of i net-ted to the eable in the same manner as the wat t: sand. or other material of a nature weight 2 and said eallle also heingprovided whivh will llow freely and readily through with a button 53 similar to the button 35. the opening in. The damper it wil be set The pulley 51 is mounted on one arm of a aeeording to the rate of How desired. whieh hella-rank lever .34 pivoted at .35 to a Market govern the time when the meehanism is ae- 3t whieh is mounted on the side of the buildtuated. Fig. I shows the operative position ing adjarent to the sill enek. To the other of the parts. The sill enek is suppo ed to end of the. bella-rank lever is fa tened one be opeu. and the material in the tank H to end of a spring 57. the other end of the be transferred from one eompartment therespring being made fast tn the brat-ket. A of to the other. is in the compartment npi eateh 58 similar to the eateh 32 is pivoted to pertnn l in said tignre. The tank is held that braneh ot' the bell-eranlt lever which against the upper stop 13 by the spring in, -arries the pulley 31. said pivot being indiwhieh gives it an int-lined position. The eatedal an. 'lhiseateh is alsoproyided \vitlr nmterial in the uppermost eompartment a lateral extension tit) in the path of whieh is thin into the other eompartment through a stop (31. A pair of bi'aekets .36 are prothe opening l and when the weight of said \ided. aml these hraekets support a shelf ":2 material in the last-nn-ntinned eompartment on whieh is placed a hueket or other suitable mereomes the tension of the spring 16. the ret-eptaele tilt in the bottom of which is an tau]; tilts in the direetinn of the lower sto openingtil similar to the opening 1 and 126 L3 a shown bv dotted lines in Fig. t. The eontrolled by a damper 435 similar to the one tilting mnrenient of the tank swings the heretofore deserilxd. In the shelf is an stem 1! in a dire tinn to disengage a r ller opening (36, and the hneket U2, is so posi- -t from the Leila-rank lever 32, whereupon tioned on said -,helt' that the openings the latter is free to swing on its pivot. The and (36 register. he guide-pulley 51 is 130 ....v. v.. W .4 -n ,..1 -M,- .M-m:c. wmial eateh 33 swings with the lever in a direction said button having a ventral to release the button PM. The table 27 now being released. the weight 12 uuwinds the same from the pulley i and as said eable is:

inverting the tank after said parts have been actuated.

S. In a time controlling mechanism, the combination with the parts to be actuated, and means for locking the same including a bell crank lever and a catch carried thereby, of a tilting tank actuated by the transfer of its contents from one end to the other, a stem projecting from the tank and engage able with the aforesaid lever, said stem riding oti' the same when the tank tilts, and means connected to the parts to be actuated for automatically returning the contents of the tank to its original position therein after the aforesaid locking means have been released.

9. In a time controlling mechanism, the

combination with the parts to be actuated, including a pair of pulleys having a com- 1 mon axis, of a support, a plate pivotallyi mounted on the Support, a tilting tank 5 mounted on the plate, said tank being, actuated by the transfer of its contents from one E end to the other, a cable wound on and secured at one end to one of the aforesaidpnlleys, a weight connected to the other end 0f the cable, a catch for locking the cable, means operated by the tilting of the tank for releasing the catch, and a cable passing around the other pulley and connected at its ends to the aforesaid plate.

10. In a time controlling mechanism, the combination with the parts to be actuated, of a support, a plate pivotally mounted on the support, stops on the support between which the plate swings, at tilting tank mounted on the plate, and operativcly connected to the parts to be actuated. said tank being actuated by the transfer of its contents from one end to the other, stops on the plate between which the tank swings, a spring for normally holding the tank against one of said stops, and a connectionbetween the plate. and the parts to be actuated for swinging the plate on its pivot to invert the tank.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atiixcd my signature in the presence of two witneases.

ALBERT WHITOX BAI LEY.

\Yitnesses:

J. \V. \Vnnvrnny, R. S. GORRILL. 

